I think it was part of the plan for Squall to charge at them. I remember something about them being insurance should Irvine fail his shot.

Also I don't think Martine could have misunderstood how powerful a Sorceress really is. Galbadia knew first hand how powerful she was, because they had already fought a war with Adel. The Sorceress War.

She only led her army, she probably didn't get her hands dirty with peasant wars. Also remember the way they disposed of her, they froze her in space through a wacky Laguna plan, they never actually fought her.

Hardly evidence to support that they didn't know what they were dealing with.

I'll discuss it with you in PM if you want (though not tonight, must sleep) , I think we derailed this thread enough.

Meh, it's a pointless cause, I havent played the game in years. I'll gladly reignite this issue when I get around to replaying it. I might even make a thread related to the entirety of the FF8 storyline. It was fun though :P

Very interesting. Lays bare the concerns for the future, but also the recent successes well.

People will be pissed that XV has an action RPG battle system like KH, but there's no changing that.

If it's a fun game, I'm all for that. I want some narrative nuance, though. That's my main concern.

Don't worry. Those who proudly use their Noctis avatars and act all high and mighty will defend XV and trash XIII and many others installments in the series along with the staff of SQEX and anyone who thinks different than them for many years to come.

All I care about is for XV to be an entertaining fast-paced Action RPG with high production values. I already don't have any kind expectation for the plot because I'm not a fan of most of the work Kazushige Nojima has done with FF in the past as a scenario writer.

However, is important to notice that Nojima is responsable for the FNC mythos, so maybe something good comes out of that in the end.

"- But seriously, information on Final Fantasy XV will be at E3, right?

Hashimoto: Well, first I’d like to say that development for FFXV is going well. Internally, we try to ascertain the best timing for revealing new information about FFXV to the fans. So when we were going over our promotion plans, we judged that this year’s E3 would not be the best time to exhibit information about FFXV. Instead we are currently planning to exhibit new information at events after E3 2014. I am extremely grateful to all the fans who excitedly anticipate FFXV, and I’m looking forward to share new information when the timing is right. I would appreciate if fans hold out until then."

"- But seriously, information on Final Fantasy XV will be at E3, right?

Hashimoto: Well, first Iâ€™d like to say that development for FFXV is going well. Internally, we try to ascertain the best timing for revealing new information about FFXV to the fans. So when we were going over our promotion plans, we judged that this yearâ€™s E3 would not be the best time to exhibit information about FFXV. Instead we are currently planning to exhibit new information at events after E3 2014. I am extremely grateful to all the fans who excitedly anticipate FFXV, and Iâ€™m looking forward to share new information when the timing is right. I would appreciate if fans hold out until then."